Axis P12 Series - Video Streaming and Storage Options

AXISP12ThermalNetworkCameraSeries
Setup
Howtoshowanimageoverlay
1.GotoSettings>Overlay.
2.SelectCreateoverlayandselectImageoverlay.
3.ChooseImport.
4.Uploadownoverlayimage.
5.Choosetheimagefromthelistofimages.
6.Topositiontheimageoverlay,chooseCustomoroneofthepresets.
Howtoshowatextoverlaywhenthecameradetectsmotion
Thisexampleexplainshowtodisplaythetext“Motiondetected”whenthecameradetectsmotion:
MakesuretheAXISVideoMotionDetectionapplicationisrunning:
1.GotoSettings>Apps>AXISVideoMotionDetection.
2.Starttheapplicationifitisnotalreadyrunning.
3.Makesureyouhavesetuptheapplicationaccordingtoyourneeds.
Addtheoverlaytext:
4.GotoSettings>Overlay.
5.Enter#Dinthetexteld.
6.Choosetextsizeandappearance.
Createanactionrule:
7.GotoSystem>Events>Actionrules.
8.CreateanactionrulewithAXISVideoMotionDetectionastrigger.
9.Fromthelistofactions,selectOverlaytext.
10.Type“Motiondetected”.
11.Settheduration.
Streamingandstorage
Howtochoosevideocompressionformat
Decidewhichcompressionmethodtousebasedonyourviewingrequirements,andonthepropertiesofyournetwork.The
availableoptionsare:
MotionJPEG
MotionJPEGorMJPEGisadigitalvideosequencethatismadeupofaseriesofindividualJPEGimages.Theseimagesarethen
displayedandupdatedataratesufcienttocreateastreamthatshowsconstantlyupdatedmotion.Fortheviewertoperceivemotion
videotheratemustbeatleast16imageframespersecond.Fullmotionvideoisperceivedat30(NTSC)or25(PAL)framespersecond.
TheMotionJPEGstreamusesconsiderableamountsofbandwidth,butprovidesexcellentimagequalityandaccesstoeveryimage
containedinthestream.
H.264orMPEG-4Part10/AVC
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